Mod 5 <3's Vetter

So in case you haven't figured out from my past posts, my mod pretty much loves Prof. Vetter. At Boalt, each mod has a discussion section alone with a professor. In our first meeting with him, we were pretty turned off by his unexciting demeanor and his tendency to mumble and slur his words.

It wasn't until we learned to look for the deadpan humor in his comments that we realized that he was actually one of the funniest professors at Boalt. When we found out that Mod 6 was contemplating making mod t-shirts, we decided to preempt them (our mod hates Mod 6... I'm not sure why) with shirts of our own. And who better to feature on it than funnyman Prof. Vetter?

We were able to whip up a shirt design within a day, featuring a Warhol-esque collage of Vetter's face and our Mod 5 slogan, "Vetter Does It Better":

Prof. Vetter loved the design too. We showed the design to him before getting them printed, and at first he threatened to give F's to anyone he saw wearing the shirt. We called his bluff (it's all anonymous grading), and he gave his OK.

We got the shirts printed through Cafe Press, and after a few weeks of coordination and planning, almost everybody had their shirts. We decided to wear our shirts together on the same day so that we could "shock and awe" Mod 6.

Today, we unveiled our shirts before the Boalt law community. It was pretty awesome. In addition to buying our own shirts, we all chipped in and bought Vetter a polo shirt and a mug with the Warhol design. We gave them to him today at the end CivPro. I also asked if he would take a picture with us...

Me: Professor, in honor of our awesome t-shirts, would you mind taking a picture with us?

Vetter: Well normally, taking pictures steals a part of my soul... but I’ll do it just for you.

Hooray! We definitely made a fashion statement today. We're also fairly certain that all the other mods were incredibly jealous. Haha it's amazing how much mod unity can result simply from a common desire to spite Mod 6.